Re: Lake Don Pedro - Time Lapse

Had fun watching Lake Don Pedro fill back up this last year...
Every time drove by stopped and took a photo... (missing some of winter because
go in 140 often in winter... but... still looks fun)
From Nov 26, 2015 to July 7, 2016
(after then the lake no longer was rising)

Enjoy...

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Thank you!!!

It was really interesting to see the gradual changes over the course of the trips.

Nice to see it all at once! Really drives home how much it changed.

Very cool. Thanks for doing the work (stopping, taking the pics, etc) and posting.

Neato!

I gotta quit droppin acid.

Tanks chick-on. Never went that way this year...

Thank you. We don't go into the park that way so it is interesting to see the changes.

What it looked like last Saturday (Oct. 15) (Season is over) (went home) (never to return) (until Thursday)

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/2016 07:23AM by chick-on.

Holy Schnikeys... it's full now (OD BD - Feb 15, 2017) WOW!

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Wow. Couldn't go up that was last week b/c of rockfall between Crane Flat and Foresta. Thanks for the pics.

With all the attention focused on Oroville Dam, there has been little mention of the concern of a Don Pedro Dam overflow. But the reservoir was withing 3 feet of the top on Tuesday (per http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article132779679.html). Add that the Tuolumne River channel below Don Pedro is not terribly robust and that the San Joaquin River it flows into is almost at flood stage near Vernalis and there are real reasons for concern.

Don Pedro Reservoir level can be seen at https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=11287500 . Currently at ~826.3 ft. The top is 830 ft.

Was just thinking about this. To think that in the last few years, it was shocking to see how low the level was. Seemed to be 80-90% empty.

What about the San Luis Reservoir along the 152? I recall the days when the water was fairly close to road level, decades ago. Now you can hike out to the middle. I read an article last summer that it was at its lowest levels in 25 years. Now it's close to capacity, I believe.

San Luis was on the north side of 152 about a month ago.
I've been driving by there a lot recently... unfortunately it's very early in the
morning and after the sun has set...

So... I haven't seen recently... but as of last weekend... it was something
like 94% full. Pretty amazing how much water has come down.

Atmospheric River

Wow

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Yes, San Luis is at 95%. All the major CA reservoir fill %'s can be seen at http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/reservoirs/RES . Note that since San Luis is a diversion dam primarily filled by pumping from the CA aqueduct, its level doesn't always correlate to precipitation.

Releases continue out of Don Pedro over the spillway. The level is currently at 828.7 feet (out of 830). The Modesto Bee (Modbee.com) has updates on the releases and flooding for those interested.

They have Oroville down to 80%. Don Pedro up to 99%. San Luis maintaining at 95%

Got back in the light this time...

San Luis

Wow

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Damn! Gotta incorporate that last shot into the animation now!

Ok ... maybe this works?

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMNot6CVPU3oIos_syZqss766J0b3LL3nnRV5lNsHtgfmUG0MA2ty6wJ_7ba-BQ5Q/photo/AF1QipOxnO2T1BX-Wc6gWnfezz2gvdsMzRhnW7_ofhrC?key=elNlVXh6a3F4NXZHZktsZHlOMlZRTHhtQ1pQX1hR

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